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FIFA extends sanctions over Italian match-fixing
FIFA says it has extended worldwide sanctions on 23 players and officials in Italy over match-fixing and illegal betting between 2014 and 2015. – Reuters pic, March 8, 2016.FIFA has extended worldwide sanctions imposed on 23 players and officials in Italy over match-fixing and illegal betting between 2014 and 2015, football's global governing body said on Tuesday.
Italian authorities had already imposed bans on taking part in any football-related activities.
"The chairman of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee decided on February 25, 2016 to extend all of the above-mentioned sanctions to have worldwide effect," Zurich-based FIFA said in a statement. – Reuters, March 8, 2016.
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